Is My Cat Sick?

It sounds to me like your cat has a sever Urinary Tract Infection. The funny color of the urine was probably blood.

This is a very serious condition in male cats because their urethra can block and they can die with in 24 to 48 hours. The longer they remain blocked the more likely they will do some very serious organ damage such as irreversible kisdney failure.

It is imperative that you get your cat to the vet today. Do not wait. This *IS* an emergency.

UTI’s are a leading cause of death in male cats but can usually be prevented by feeding a species appropriate diet of raw foods or a high quality canned.

I have 2 males who I almost lost to FLUTD, struvite crystals, bladder and kidney stones. I managed to cure both of them naturally (with the help of my vet) by feeding a species appropriate Raw food diet and adding in a regimen of natural supplements.

My biggest piece of advice is if your vet advises you to use a “prescription diet” food… choose to skip that route and go for a strictly wet food diet, canned or raw, instead. Vets that prescribe dry prescription foods and even canned prescription diets as the cure to Urinary Tract problems obviously know nothing about feline nutrition and are only bandaiding the problem instead of preventing it in the first place. Sadly, most vets never learn anything about feline nutrition except what the cat food companies teach them. *roll eyes here* Any vet that would tell you to put your already sick cat on a garbage food made with cheap fillers like Hills Science Diet, Royal Canin, or Purina Prescription clearly knows NOTHING about cats nutritional needs

Cats were never designed to eat dry food. NEVER. They eat their prey whole and wet. Cats do not have a thirst mechanism. So because of all that… cats are designed to eat only wet food. We idiot humans feed dry only for our convenience. Shows how much we used to know, huh?

Because of all the above, we, by feeding dry, are usually the cause of all UTI issues in cats. They do not take in enough water on a dry diet and so their systems do not fully flush out so they get UTI issues.

What you need to do is unconcentrate the urine. To do that you need to stop feeding all dry foods and switch to an all wet diet. Either a canned diet or Raw. Did your vet recommend that? Wet food will help flush the system faster so that crystals and bacteria can not form.

Get your kitty on a STRICKTLY wet food diet. Either high quality canned, or a raw diet. It’s not cheap but it will cost you less in the long run than the vet. You can learn about raw food at http://www.catinfo.org and http://www.catnutrition.org or canned… choose Wellness, Merrick, Drs Foster and Smith or something with those matching ingredients.

No matter which you choose… no more dry food for your cat ever. Wet food only!

I’ve also had success using Glucosomine and Chrondriton for preventing inflammation in the urethra. Discuss this with your vet and ask them to look into it. There are some major feline studies being done on this that are VERY promising!

If your kittys urine needs more acidity because of struvite Crystals you can also add dry cranberry extract, just a pinch 2X a day on wet food. And you can try a pinch of Vitamin C sprinkled on as well.

Give your kitty distilled water to drink only. Both my vet and I are convinced after speaking with vets all over the county that the hardness and mineral content in water in different areas contributes to the # of cases of UTI’s in those areas. From here on out… distilled water only. Another suggestion… is to get kitty a water fountain. I bought the Bigdog Drinkwell for my cats and keep it filled with distilled water and they love it. It’s a great way to encourage their water consumption.

Lastly, get yourself a bag of scientific litter so you can keep track of kittys PH levels at home. You won’t be able to detect the crystals at home that cause blockages, but if the ph was off… you could get kitty in for a urine analysis right away and possibly head off a blockage.

Good luck!

Thank you for the advice, Kat! My cat (Tiger) is feeling much better, and is his healthy old self again. I appreciate the advice. You always give so much…

Well my cat had the same problem but it cost us like $400 dollars but if i were u i would put him down :( :(

Bad news…. I took my cat, Tiger to the vet and found out that he had aids. We decided it best to put him down so that he wouldn’t be in pain. We miss him so much and hope he’s happy in Heaven! R.I.P to a wonderful cat.